Colt Model 1851 Navy revolver .36 caliber, serial number 172688 corresponds to manufacture year of 1863. On octagonal barrel, "Address Col. Sam Colt New York U.S. America" and cylinder with naval scene. Brass back strap and trigger guard, all visible serial numbers matching, loading lever unmarked. 7 1/2" barrel length. Provenance: Gatlinburg, TN collection. Condition: […]
Lot 111: Colt Model 1861 Navy Revolver
Model 1861 Colt Navy revolver .36 cal, serial number 1949 corresponds to 1861 production year. Non-military issue. On barrel, "Address Col. Sam Colt New York U.S. America" and cylinder with naval scene, "Engaged 16 May 1843". Brass back strap and trigger guard, all visible serial numbers matching. 7.5" barrel length. Provenance: Gatlinburg, TN collection. Condition: […]
Lot 404: .38 Colt Model 1902 Pistol, Bonnie & Clyde
Model 1902 Colt, serial number 7362, found enfolded into the outlaw Bonnie Parker’s skirt at the Conger Funeral Home embalming room of Arcadia, LA in 1934. Letter of authentication dated 5/15/1972, signed by James Lavelle Wade (Sept. 28, 1886 – Dec. 17th, 1972), coroner in charge of the “Bonnie & Clyde” death investigation and signer […]
Lot 39: Constantina Coltellini, portrait of Richard Seton
OOval profile portrait, watercolor on ivory, of Richard Bayley Seton, signed vertically right hand side behind subject's shoulder "Coltellini" (Constantina Coltellini, Naples, Italy, active circa 1819). Portrait measures 2 3/4" H x 2 1/4" W. Overall – 9 1/4" H x 8 3/4" W. Richard Bayley Seton (1798-1823) was the son of William Magee Seton […]
Lot 1147: Soren Edsberg Oil on Canvas Farm Scene
Soren Edsberg Andersen (Danish, born 1945), oil on canvas of two young girls in a field with a bouquet of freshly picked flowers being closely watched by two curious colts. Another two horses and a cow graze in the background, and a cat accompanies the girls. Set into a gilt wood frame, Canvas 15 3/8″ […]
Lot 577: 1863 Johnson’s New Illustrated Family Atlas with Descriptions
JOHNSON’S NEW ILLUSTRATED FAMILY ATLAS, WITH PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY, AND WITH DESCRIPTIONS GEOGRAPHICAL, STATISTICAL, AND HISTORICAL, INCLUDING THE LATEST FEDERAL CENSUS, A GEOGRAPHICAL INDEX, AND A CHRONOLOGICAL HISTORY OF THE CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA, Deluxe full red leather folio issue, maps by Alvin Jewett Johnson (1827 – 1884) and Benjamin P. Ward, published by Johnson & […]
Lot 604: Grouping of 8 Books on Early Firearms
Eight (8) books on early firearms, including: COLT FIREARMS 1836-1954 by James E. Serven, 1954; hardcover, 385 pp., profusely illustrated. MODERN AMERICAN PISTOLS AND REVOLVERS by A.C. Gould ("Ralph Greenwood"), 1894 revised edition; hardcover, 222 pp. plus 10 pages of advertisements. OUR RIFLES by Charles Winthrop Sawyer, 1941; hardcover, 412 pp.; a history of the […]
Lot 105: Ignac Konrad O/C Portrait of Racehorse Sun Briar
Ignac Konrad (France/Hungary, 1894 – 1969), "Sun Briar," oil on canvas painting depicting the champion thoroughbred racehorse in profile standing atop hay in a stall, against a mottled brown background with a green window upper right and watering bucket lower left. The name of the horse along with his lineage "by Sundridge" (father) and "Sweet […]
Summer 2024 Auction Preview
Below is an early preview of the July 6th and 7th auction to take place at our Knoxville, Tennessee headquarters. In-person bidding plus phone, absentee, and internet bidding will be available. The full Catalog will be posted in early June. Anna Catherine Wiley (Tennessee, 1879-1958) oil on canvas painting of a woman in a white […]
Lot 45: 3 English Sterling Silver Agricultural presentation cups
Three (3) 19th century English Agricultural Premium Silver Cups, all with presentation inscriptions to Mr. William Ward. Includes inscriptions for "Best Three Year Old Colt – Premium 5 Class 6", 1840; "Best Cultivated Farm – Premium 4th Class 1st," 1841; and "Best Cultivated Farm Henmoss in Gt. Harwood," 1842. Various London makers with Victorian hallmarks, […]
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